Brady's Overthrowing Receivers on Sideline: INTENTIONAL????

[Keegs]

First off, I am not talking about Brady's overthrows when the receivers are open. I am talking about his overthrowing receivers on the sideline that either appear to be covered, or the ones where we don't know the coverage.

1.) Is there a way that he is doing this intentionally because all the receivers are covered and at times his protection sucks?

2.) Is he doing this because he thinks an incompletion is a better result than a sack, and maybe a strip (first 2 games)?

3.) Am I giving him too much credit and are these just overthrows?

I was thinking that it MIGHT be his way of just getting rid of the ball when the receivers are covered and not trying to force the ball (yes i saw the lynch play).

Your thoughts?

 

[MDPATSFAN]

I think he has Pennigton arm...Didn't he have a shoulder problem last fall?

He underthrew a bunch too....

 

[mtbykr]

Well TB needs to stay healthy. It's much better for him to throw it away than take a sack or keep getting hit. Our line has played well, but no one can protect him forever. So he throws it away, and since he's usually in the pocket, may as well throw it towards a receiver to avoid "grounding"!

 

[Keegs]

Well TB needs to stay healthy. It's much better for him to throw it away than take a sack or keep getting hit. Our line has played well, but no one can protect him forever. So he throws it away, and since he's usually in the pocket, may as well throw it towards a receiver to avoid "grounding"!

that's where i was going with this...

I think it's a possibility...
that and the fact that Tommy really sucks right now.

 

[patsfan13]

Brady is struggling now, for whatever reason(s). All Qb's will throw the ball away to the sidelines if no one is open to avoid, sack, stop the clock. In the last couple of drives Brady did this a few times to stop the clock on occasions when no one was open.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

that's where i was going with this...

I think it's a possibility...
that and the fact that Tommy really sucks right now.

Not to mention the fact that Tommy's WR options really suck right now too.

He said as much in his postgame. When all your WR are covered you end up throwing a lot of balls away. He doesn't trust these guys in close coverage with good reason, and by the time they manage to get open, if any do, he has to gauge whether they will remain open by adjusting their route, whether they might think to come back for a throw where they would be open, whether they can make a tough catch or whether they will stand there bug eyed and come unglued as coverage converges on them. This read and react offense is predicated on throwing the ball where the open receiver should be based on what the defense is doing. That's a little tough to decipher when your #1 WR is a 35 year old #4 because he's the only one you know who also knows the offense, your #2 WR is which ever one of the other 3 practiced the most during the week, and your #3 is the most recent addition because he is the less limited of the remaining 2 due to hamstring or learning curve issues.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

INTENTIONAL? Yes, he was trying to throw the ball down Bob Kraft's throat and couldn't quite get it to the luxury boxes...